Pune high rain alert! Avoid ghats this weekend

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has put the ghats in Pune, Satara, Kolhapur, and interior parts of Marathwada, including Parbhani, Hingoli, Aurangabad, and Jalna, on heavy rain alert this weekend. Avoid travelling on the highways as heavy rain increases the chance of flash floods and landslides.

As per the IMD, it is expected that Mumbai might remain comparatively dry over the next few days; however, north Konkan might experience moderate rain and partly cloudy skies. Pune might also record light rains during this time.
Head of IMD Pune Anupam Kashyapi said that two active monsoon impulses are moving in from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal as indicated by satellite pictures and prediction models. It is expected that both the systems are likely to pass through Maharashtra, especially via Vidarbha and Marathwada. Therefore, their effect will likely be intensified on the state. As of now, the ghat areas have been put on high alert since Friday evening.
Kashyapi also stated that rainfall activity is likely to increase in the ghat areas of Madhya Pradesh and Konkan on July 20 and 21, which might slightly get subdued on July 22. He further added that the rain alert will stay for the ghats in these two regions even on July 22. And again on July 23 and 24, the ghats in south Madhya Maharashtra and south Konkan might experience heavy rains.
IMD head also mentioned that the revival of rains from Friday morning is especially because of various factors, including the probability of the offshore trough from Maharashtra coast to the Kerala coast strengthening.